Last update: PhDr. Monika Kadrnožková, Ph.D. (26.10.2020)
In the course, the language is treated as a unique product of cognitive processes of the human mind, differing from other types of communication. The course gives insight into how language enables people to organize their thoughts and categorize their experience, which makes the subject indispensable even for language teachers.
Themes:
1. Introducction, history and position of psycholinguistics, research objectives, key concepts in psycholinguistics
2. Human vs animal communication; nonverbal communication; sign language
3. Biological origina of language. Characteristics of language and language competence
4. First language acquisition
5. Memory; information processing; mental lexicon
6. Comprehension and production; reprezentation of meaning
7. Production and comprehension of discourse. Teory of schemes. Informativity
8. Language skills (speaking, listening, reading, writing)
9. Brain and language; language disorders or impairments; language loss;
10. Bilingualism
11. Research and experiments in psycholinguistics
Last update: PhDr. Monika Kadrnožková, Ph.D. (26.10.2020)
In the course, the language is treated as a unique product of cognitive processes of the human mind, differing from other types of communication. The course gives insight into how language enables people to organize their thoughts and categorize their experience, which makes the subject indispensable even for language teachers.
Themes:
1. Introducction, history and position of psycholinguistics, research objectives, key concepts in psycholinguistics
2. Human vs animal communication; nonverbal communication; sign language
3. Biological origina of language. Characteristics of language and language competence
4. First language acquisition
5. Memory; information processing; mental lexicon
6. Comprehension and production; reprezentation of meaning
7. Production and comprehension of discourse. Teory of schemes. Informativity
8. Language skills (speaking, listening, reading, writing)
9. Brain and language; language disorders or impairments; language loss;
10. Bilingualism
11. Research and experiments in psycholinguistics
Literature -
Last update: PhDr. Monika Kadrnožková, Ph.D. (26.10.2020)
AITCHISON, Jean. The Articulate Mammal: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics. 5th edition London & New York: Routledge, 2011. ISBN 978-0415610186
FERNÁNDEZ, Eva M. a CAIRNS-SMITH, Helen. Fundamentals of Psycholinguistics. Malden, Oxford: Willey-Blackwell. 2011. ISBN 978-1405191470.
FIELD, John. Psycholinguistics. A Resource Book for Students. London & New York: Routledge, 2003. ISBN 978-041527600
FIELD, John. Psycholinguistics: Key Concepts. London & New York: Routledge, 2004. ISBN 978-0415258913
GROSJEAN, F., & LI, P. (2012). The Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism. John Wiley & Sons,Chichester. ISBN 9781444332797.
OWENS, Robert E. JR. Language Development: An Introduction. 8th edition. London: Pearson, 2011. ISBN 978-0132582520
SCOVEL, Thomas. Psycholinguistics. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 1998. ISBN 0 19 437213 8
WARREN, Paul. Introducing Psycholinguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 5th printing, 2017. ISBN 978-0-521-130-56-1.
Last update: PhDr. Monika Kadrnožková, Ph.D. (26.10.2020)
AITCHISON, Jean. The Articulate Mammal: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics. 5th edition London & New York: Routledge, 2011. ISBN 978-0415610186
FERNÁNDEZ, Eva M. a CAIRNS-SMITH, Helen. Fundamentals of Psycholinguistics. Malden, Oxford: Willey-Blackwell. 2011. ISBN 978-1405191470.
FIELD, John. Psycholinguistics. A Resource Book for Students. London & New York: Routledge, 2003. ISBN 978-041527600
FIELD, John. Psycholinguistics: Key Concepts. London & New York: Routledge, 2004. ISBN 978-0415258913
GROSJEAN, F., & LI, P. (2012). The Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism. John Wiley & Sons,Chichester. ISBN 9781444332797.
OWENS, Robert E. JR. Language Development: An Introduction. 8th edition. London: Pearson, 2011. ISBN 978-0132582520
SCOVEL, Thomas. Psycholinguistics. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 1998. ISBN 0 19 437213 8
WARREN, Paul. Introducing Psycholinguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 5th printing, 2017. ISBN 978-0-521-130-56-1.
Syllabus -
Last update: Mgr. Petr Svoboda (24.05.2023)
●Theoretical part: Topics:
Introduction to psycholinguistics; history and position of psycholinguistics; theories of language origin;
Language acquisition; critical period; language and aging; loss of language (19/10)
Communication: animal and human; verbal and non-verbal; sign language; properties of human language (12/10)
Language production and comprehension (16/10)
Language skills (speaking, writing, reading,listening); bilingualism (30/11)
Language, mind and brain; language centres; language disorders; memory; mental lexicon; cognitive linguistics (7/12)
●Presentation of reviews (14/12)
●Presentation of individual psycholinguistic experiments (21/12;4/1)
Last update: Mgr. Petr Svoboda (24.05.2023)
●Theoretical part: Topics:
Introduction to psycholinguistics; history and position of psycholinguistics; theories of language origin;
Language acquisition; critical period; language and aging; loss of language (19/10)
Communication: animal and human; verbal and non-verbal; sign language; properties of human language (12/10)
Language production and comprehension (16/10)
Language skills (speaking, writing, reading,listening); bilingualism (30/11)
Language, mind and brain; language centres; language disorders; memory; mental lexicon; cognitive linguistics (7/12)
●Presentation of reviews (14/12)
●Presentation of individual psycholinguistic experiments (21/12;4/1)
Course completion requirements -
Last update: Mgr. Petr Svoboda (24.05.2023)
● Active participation in seminars (max. two missed classes)
● A review established on comparing two recent studies on a selected psycholinguistic topic, to be followed by in-class presentation
● Carrying out a psycholinguistic research/ experiment, and presenting the findings in seminars
● Multiple choice test verifying the student´s familiarity with key concepts in the field (30 minutes, at least 11pts out of 15)
(the candidate has up to three attempts to pass the test)
(Note: In case the pandemic situation moves testing online, the multiple-choice format of tests will be replaced by open tests.)
The candidate´s proficiency and formulation skills are included in assessment criteria.
Last update: Mgr. Petr Svoboda (24.05.2023)
● Active participation in seminars (max. two missed classes)
● A review established on comparing two recent studies on a selected psycholinguistic topic, to be followed by in-class presentation
● Carrying out a psycholinguistic research/ experiment, and presenting the findings in seminars
● Multiple choice test verifying the student´s familiarity with key concepts in the field (30 minutes, at least 11pts out of 15)
(the candidate has up to three attempts to pass the test)
(Note: In case the pandemic situation moves testing online, the multiple-choice format of tests will be replaced by open tests.)
The candidate´s proficiency and formulation skills are included in assessment criteria.
